Apprenticeships will be tailored to suit the needs of your business with training and assessments carried out on site for maximum efficiency and

Funding can also be used to transfer existing staff into work place skills development to gain nationally recognised qualifications (NVQ). minimum disruption.

Government funding support means your business benefits from:

Incentive paid to your business of £1,500 for each of the first 10 Apprentices – subject to qualifying criteria

Employers who take on a 16-18 year old apprentice only pay their salary. The Government will fund their training.

The National Minimum Wage for Apprentices applies (£2.65 per hour) although many employers exercise the option to pay more.

Initial recruitment, enrolment and support of Apprentices at no cost to you

Recognition of nationally accredited training & certification (NVQ)

Facts in numbers

80% of employers agree that apprentices make their workplace more productive

81% of consumers favour using a company which takes on apprentices

88% of employers who employ apprentices believe that Apprenticeships lead to a more motivated and more satisfied workforce

83% of employers who employ apprentices rely on their Apprenticeships programme to provide the skilled workers that they need now and for the future.

1 in 5 employers are hiring more apprentices to help them through the tough economic climate.

We can make this Business Apprentice Programme easy to implement. We will work with you and the Business College (which provides the training) to take away the pain of administration so it doesn’t distract you from your business while you benefit from new resources – it’s that easy.